The Flywheel

MEETING OF March 13th, 2009

Richmond's Santa Fe Indian Village

For decades, Richmond was a permanent home to Pueblo
Indians who worked for Santa Fe Railroad and established
a permanent tribal village at the railroad yard.

Michael Husser, who lived in the village
in the 1960s, visits the Richmond Rotary to remind us
of this unique part of Richmond history. If you missed
Mike's presentation at the last Home Front Festival,
don’t miss this second chance.

MEETING OF March 3rd, 2008

Welcome, Invocation, Thought for the Day

Prez Mark welcomed all to our Rotary
meeting. Bill Lindsay, his last act as a guest,
led us in the Pledge of Alligience. While all remained
standing PP Jon Lawlis gave the invocation
asking for freedom, peace and justice…and a little
extra something for the economy.

Visiting Rotarians

Russ Schultz, kind of a visitor, from the Orinda Club
was back home.

Rotarians with Guests

Norm Foley had as his guest wife Bonnie
and Henry Kelman had as his guest son
Benjamin.

Announcements

Those interested in bringing a Rosie’s Girls
program to Richmond should attend a planning meeting
on March 11 at 9am at the Coronado Community YMCA (263
South 20th Street, Richmond). Call Don
Lau if you are interested. More
information on the program,

New Member Social, March 19, 6:30-8:30pm at Prez
Mark’s house.

NIAD Wall Building, March 21, 8am-2pm at NIAD.

After Tax Poker Night, April 17, 6pm at Hotel Mac

Special Events

Laura Kuhn and Jerrold Hatchett both
received their well deserved Blue Badges.

New Rotarians introduced were Eric Gavidia,
who needs to go out and buy a new tie…real nice
welcome Prez Mark, and Bill Lindsay,
who had his tie neatly placed inside his shirt. Welcome
Gentlemen!

Recognitions

Erle Brown, tan and sober, contributed
for his 74th birthday.

Happy and Sad Dollars

Eric Gavidia was happy to take his girl friend to Napa
and join our Club; Jim Young was please
that Erle was back and contributed $100 to Polio Plus
and encouraged others to do the same; Jon Lawlis was
glad to see Norm and Russ in the room; Tom Butt announced
the 2nd Annual Rosie Trust Gala Event March 21(details
to be sent out by Tom); John Wilson thanked
Jon Lawlis for the “bailout” last week; Erle
had 5 happy ones cause he got out of Mexico with his
life and wife; Jerrold will again be the Easter Bunny
on 3/11 at Nevin Park and asked all to support the event;
Norm Foley was happy to be reminded of his days of working
at the Kaiser Shipyards in ’43; Dan Sanders gave
rave review of dinner at Ted Abreu’s that
was bought at the auction; John Nicol was
reminded of his furlough during WWII of drinking and
working.

Norm’s Nonsense

Speaking of losers ...

- This guy is such a loser that when he called a porn
service the girl said: "Not tonight, I've got an
earache."

- My friend hit it big in las Vegas. He drove there
in a $30,000 car and returned home in a $100,000 bus.

Raffle Results

Tom Butt was lucky enough to draw the white ball.

THE PROGRAM

Youth Enrichment Strategies

YES will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary
on 5/31 at their Annual Dinner. YES is working
to find better ways to communicate through “powerful
non-defensive communication” as an alternative
to violent confrontation. Their Peace Talks program
is a 6 week workshop helps build effective communication
techniques.

YES was founded by Diane Mintz, a Berkeley realtor,
who was a volunteer at Coronado Elementary school who
saw the positive impact camping was having on the students
she worked with in Richmond. She started with providing
camp scholarships for 60 students and the program has
grown to include 300-400 youth going to camp and in 2004
YES started providing Family Camp. Though its camping
program, YES hopes to “inspire connection and belonging.” Learn
more about YES from their lively website.

- Rotating scribe, The Menehune

Upcoming Programs

March 20
Our speaker is Sierra Fong from Solar Power Partners,
the group responsible for the 1 megawatt facility
that now supplies a substantial amount of the West
County Wastewater District's power needs

Have a suggestion for a speaker?
Please pass along the name and contact information
to Jim Young.